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Minor update for java mobile version of Gmail

Posted on Dec 9 2007 by iGerry Comments: 1 comment Filed under: gmail, Google, java mobile application, Mobile

Quick info guys: If you’re using the Java mobile version of Gmail on your mobile phone, Google has an update. I was using version 1.5.0.1132 before. Gmail version 1.5.0.1187 is now available. Couldn’t find any changelog yet. I’ve also installed it on my mobile phone but didn’t find any obvious differences.

Look guys no GPS!

Posted on Nov 29 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Google, GPS, java mobile application, Mobile

GPS or Global Positioning System equipped mobile phones has been slowly coming up in the market. This will steadily increase over time and people will be able to use these in a lot of applications. For instance, if you find yourself in a city and want to find out where you can stay for the night. It would be a great convenience if you can look at a map on your mobile phone and search for a hotel near you. You would think that you need GPS for this, well that’s not entirely true.

Creating an MMOG on Android

Posted on Nov 20 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Android-MMOG, Google, java mobile, Mobile

Looks like there’s some people who are also interested in creating a massively multi-player online game (MMOG) for the Android platform. There are great possibilities in developing such a mobile game for an upcoming open mobile platform.

Updated Android SDK

Posted on Nov 18 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Google, java mobile, Mobile

Google has just released an update of their Android Open Mobile Platform SDK. Android is an open mobile platform that will be available for mobile phones soon and Google has released the software development kit under the Apache license. The SDK is available for the Linux, MacOS X (intel) and Windows operating systems.

Android Developer Challenge Ideas

Posted on Nov 17 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, developer, Google, Java, Mobile

The $10,000,000 prize money has created quite a stir among Java developers. It is very interesting to know what kind of ingenious software that will emerge as winners in Google’s Android Developer Challenge. Google very well understands that developer acceptance is key to the widespread use of the Android open mobile platform. I for one have my ideas on what would be a cool software to see getting developed for the Android platform.

Android Surprise!

Posted on Nov 13 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Google, java mobile, Mobile

What a way to introduce the Android SDK to the community! Google didn’t just released the Android open mobile platform today, they also started the Android Developer Challenge (ADC). The ADC is for all developers to create applications for the Android platform and the prize money is …

Wait no further for Android

Posted on Nov 13 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Google, java mobile, Mobile

Well, my wait for the Android SDK has ended. As soon as I saw that the Android SDK was already available for download, I immediately got a copy. You should go and get a copy if you still haven’t got a one.

Android on Apple’s iPhone

Posted on Nov 12 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Google, iPhone, java mobile, Others, Mobile

Up to now Apple has not supported Java on it’s iPhone and the newest MacOSX — Leopard. What could be the reason behind the delay? Apple has announced that they will be coming out with an SDK for their iPhone soon! Do you know what the SDK looks like?

Android = Linux + PhoneME

Posted on Nov 10 2007 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Android, Google, java mobile, phoneME, Mobile

I have read quite a sizeable amount of news on Google’s move into the mobile arena and it’s announcement about their complete mobile phone stack called Android. What is the composition of Android? Besides using Linux as the operating system, what other software did Google use in creating the complete open mobile platform?